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An international group of 4 students at University of Southern Denmark\u2019s Mads Clausen Institute (MCI)<\/a> are currently working on a semester project in cooperation with Mozilla Labs. The project is central to the HCI \/ Design Studies<\/a> course within the two-year, studio-based IT Product Design<\/a> graduate program.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The course HCI \/ Design Studies, under the guidance of Ben Matthews and Trine Heinemann, researchers at MCI, aims to teach skills in pinpointing interaction problems with technologies in the widest sense. Students are asked to demonstrate their understanding of the theories and tools covered in class through undertaking a critical analysis of any machine interaction, and proposing a redesign of the technology in question.<\/p>\n Through a series of lectures and practical exercises attendees are supported in developing these skills. Part of these exercises is a semester project running in parallel to the weekly lectures. For the project students form groups of 3-4 and decide autonomously on a topic to work on.<\/p>\n Initial video recordings of users in interaction with a given technology are transcribed and analyzed. Evaluation is done with regard to shortcomings in the design that eventually cause frustration due to confusion, misunderstanding, and false operation.<\/p>\nCourse Description<\/h2>\n
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